Astronomers in NJ, can you answer this question about the moon?

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Yeah, my husband and I were talking about that. We're in California and the moon was "smiling" at us, last night. (We haven't been outside, tonight.)

Moon phase charts always show the partial moons on the left and right sides, never top and bottom. How can people not see this?

We've been wondering if the Earth has already tilted almost 90º.

The constilations seem to be in the correct location.

They always show the half/quarter moons rightside up. That's the way it appears at midnight (or would appear at midnight.

you know what? I'm in Mexico city, and I notice that on the moon today, I never see the moon like that before... but I wasn't sure until you mentioned

If that happened, the stars would be sideways, too. Constellations out of place, sun rising in the north and setting in the south, etc. Not happening.

What we are seeing is the result of the moon's orbit. It wobbles. That's why we don't have a solar or lunar eclipse at every new or full moon.

saw it last night, couldn't miss it as it was freaky looking. the moon was so bright that we could see the entire black outline, too. don't ever remember seeing it look so odd.

Saw the same thing here in NY. Moon was smiling at me. Reminded me of the "Dreamworks Pictures" logo, hehe.

the moon is fucked up
usually fucked sideways

You people really don't look up often, do you.

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I watch for the sighting of the new moon. This month is was supposed to be February 7 but wasn't sighted until 8. That makes this past lunar month from sightings 31 days long.

And weren't we supposed to have some eclipese around this time?

I saw that. I'm in NJ as well. It looked beautiful and odd at the same time.

The lit side of the crescent always points towards the sun since that's where its light comes from. Unless the sun was above the horizon, it would be impossible for a crescent moon to point to the "right". If the sun has already set and is below the horizon, the lit side of the crescent will point down.

Many printed charts always show a crescent moon as pointing right or left. It's actual orientation in the sky will depend on where the sun is.

In Canada last nite on the news, the 1st quarter was bright, however just to the right was a 'reflection' not as bright as you'd expect in a LARGER shape another 'object.' AND the picture had a gargoyle extended from a building to the left, and this 'object' rested on it's back. Canadians are a sneaky bunch .. . of course I'm looking for it. It was on the evening news in the first five. Just look for a gargoyle, it may have been a reflection, however it was LARGER than the moon. A nice shot either way! Heads Up!

We need an emoticon 'looking up' eh?

Earth tilted to the Left,by Wobble effect.

Well I found the CBC Sunday nite news thingy, and of course the image was located on the fed was the promo lead, not the actual vid that they've archived, CRAP!

Seriously, the pic, real or not, was very interesting. I remember thinking that that was an awfully l o n g gargoyle extending from the building, and the positioning looked as if it was drinking/eating out of the 'bowl' created by the moons 1st quarter position, aside from the LARGER objects position ~ resting on the back/neck/head area of the gargoyle. Some sumpthing strange, really .

FFS...

You do realize that the 'dark' part of the moon is the shadow of Earth, right?

Bisect the crescent and extend the line...It points directly at the position of the sun in space...

It 'swings' round as it goes across the sky always pointing at the sun...

Almost right. The dark part of the moon is the moon's shadow, the part the sun isn't shining on. That "bisect the crescent" thing thing is cool!

Yup...I got caught...

Think of it as a bow.

The arrow will shoot for the Sun.